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11700 Lewis River Road
Ariel, WA 98603
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Yale Valley Library District
Yale Valley Library District (YVLD) is a partial-county, rural library district, created by a vote of the citizens of the Yale precinct of Cowlitz County in May 2003. It is governed by a board of trustees that meets monthly.
YVLD contracts with Fort Vancouver Regional Libraries for services, which include the following:
- A Fort Vancouver Regional Libraries library card
- Access to the library catalog from home or work
- Use of Yale Valley Community Library or any of FVRL's 14 other locations, including libraries in Woodland and La Center.
- Toll-free phone calls to FVRL's Telephone Information Services: 1-800-921-6211
- Assistance available at your convenience via web form. See our Contact Us page.
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History:
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2021: The new Yale Valley Community Library opened in July.
2018: Ground was broken for a new, permanent library building. Learn more about the building project.
2012: Weekly, limited library services at Yale Library Express, located at Yale Elementary School, were established in August.
2003: In May, citizens in the Yale precinct of Cowlitz County successfully voted to form a partial-county, rural library district. Yale Valley Library District contracts with Fort Vancouver Regional Libraries for services, which included bookmobile visits until the Clark County bookmobile was retired in June 2012.
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Board of Trustees members, meetings, and minutes:
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The YVLD board is composed of five, five-year positions. Current members are:
- Tina Moir, Chair
- Cynthia McAllister, Vice Chair
- Kathi Wheeler, Secretary
- Bob Appling, Treasurer
- Vacant (contact HuckleberryL@co.cowlitz.wa.us for information)
Members meet on the second Thursday, roughly every other month. An agenda is posted here prior to each meeting.
Agenda for Thursday, February 9, 2023 meeting (PDF)
The meeting schedule for 2023 is:
- February 9 at 6 pm
- April 13 at 6 pm
- June 8 at 6 pm
- August 10 at 6 pm
- October 12 at 6 pm
- November 9 at 6 pm
Meeting minutes are available once they have been approved by the board. Note: minutes are posted in Portable Document Format (PDF), which requires the free Adobe Reader to view.
2022
2021
- December 9, 2021 minutes (PDF)
- November 11, 2021 minutes (PDF)
- October 14, 2021 minutes (PDF)
- September 9, 2021 minutes (PDF)
- August 12, 2021 minutes (PDF)
- July 8, 2021 minutes (PDF)
- June 10, 2021 minutes (PDF)
- May 13, 2021 minutes (PDF)
- April 8, 2021 minutes (PDF)
- March 11, 2021 minutes (PDF)
- February 11, 2021 minutes (PDF)
- January 14, 2021 minutes (PDF)
2020
- December 10, 2020 minutes (PDF)
- November 12, 2020 minutes (PDF)
- October 8, 2020 minutes (PDF)
- September 17, 2020 minutes (PDF)
- August 13, 2020 minutes (PDF)
- July 9, 2020 minutes (PDF)
- June 11, 2020 minutes (PDF)
- May 14, 2020 minutes (PDF)
- April 16, 2020 minutes (PDF)
- March 12, 2020 minutes (PDF)
- February 13, 2020 minutes (PDF)
- January 9, 2020 minutes (PDF)
2019
- December 12, 2019 minutes (PDF)
- November 20, 2019 minutes (PDF)
- October 17, 2019 minutes (PDF)
- September 19, 2019 (PDF)
- August 15, 2019 minutes (PDF)
- July 18, 2019 minutes (PDF)
- June 20, 2019 minutes (PDF)
- May 16, 2019 minutes (PDF)
- April 11, 2019 minutes (PDF)
- March 21, 2019 minutes (PDF)
- February 21, 2019 minutes (PDF)
- January 17, 2019 minutes (PDF)
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Legal and financial documents
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Policies and bylaws:
- Siting Library Facilities Policy (PDF)
- Fiscal Management Policy (PDF)
- Trustee Ethics and Responsibilities Policy (PDF)
- Yale Valley Library District Bylaws (PDF) (Amended June 2021)
Budgets:
Financial Statements:
2022
2021
- 2021 November financials (PDF)
- 2021 October financials (PDF)
- 2021 September financials (PDF)
- 2021 August financials (PDF)
- 2021 July financials (PDF)
- 2021 June financials (PDF)
- 2021 May financials (PDF)
- 2021 April financials (PDF)
- 2021 March financials (PDF)
- 2021 February financials (PDF)
- 2021 January financials (PDF)
2020
- 2020 Yale Valley Library District Annual Report (PDF)
- 2020 December financials (PDF)
- 2020 November financials (PDF)
- 2020 October financials (PDF)
- 2020 September financials (PDF)
- 2020 August financials (PDF)
- 2020 July financials (PDF)
- 2020 June financials (PDF)
- 2020 May financials (PDF)
- 2020 April financials (PDF)
- 2020 March financials (PDF)
- 2020 February financials (PDF)
- 2020 January financials (PDF)
2019
- 2019 Yale Valley Library District Annual Report (PDF)
- 2019 December financials (PDF)
- 2019 November financials (PDF)
- 2019 October financials (PDF)
- 2019 September financials (PDF)
- 2019 August financials (PDF)
- 2019 July financials (PDF)
- 2019 June financials (PDF)
- 2019 May financials (PDF)
- 2019 April financials (PDF)
- 2019 March financials (PDF)
- 2019 February financials (PDF)
- 2019 January financials (PDF)